Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats

The Great Pussini, opera star, comes into town and immediately takes to Sonja.Cleos owners are going on vacation and plan to put her in a kennel.

Heathcliff hears through the grapevine that an over-friendly and slightly dim-witted canine friend of his named Chauncey has been captured by the dogcatcher in the next town. Heathcliff decides that Chauncey isnt all that bad and tries to spring him from the pound.

Heathcliff gets into mischief with the local dogcatcher. Sonja is concerned about the dogs that are being picked up so Heathcliff investigates. Once Heathcliff gets involved you know there is going to be some real excitement.

A kitten shows up in the neighborhood with an enormous case of hero worship for Heathcliff. However, he is so much like the object of his esteem that Heathcliff himself can hardly stand his new little shadow. Eventually, the kitten moves on and leaves Heathcliff alone.

A movie star named Rock comes to town to film a new movie, and Sonja is thoroughly smitten. Heathcliff is wildly jealous, but Sonja forbids any fighting. However, when Rock is exposed as a fake - from his toupee to his false teeth - Sonjas affections return to our hero.

Heathcliff and Iggy go to visit the zoo so that Heathcliff can finally meet the king of the beasts, the lion. But to Heathcliffs dismay, the lion is a kind-hearted and gentle creature and not at all to Heathcliffs liking. The apes in the zoo make fun of the lion because he is so tame. Heathcliff gives the cowardly lion some pointers on being fierce and strong which helps the lion put those nasty apes in their place!

The Nutmegs tour the fire station and are very embarrassed by Heathcliffs behavior. That night, while sleepwalking, Grandpa Nutmeg sets the house on fire and Heathcliff saves everyone by getting the firemen there in time, thus redeeming himself for the way hed acted earlier.

J.B. is a rich, snobbish cat who comes to visit the Nutmegs. He expects Heathcliff to wait on him paw and paw, and even vies for Sonjas attention. However, Heathcliff discovers the dark secret of J.B.s past and uses the information to his advantage.

Spikes cousin, Bull, is a ferocious looking guard dog who sports a bone out of his mouth the way a tough guy might use a cigar. He convinces Spike that he no longer should take guff from Heathcliff and proceeds to teach him to defend himself but to no avail. After Bull has harassed everyone in the neighborhood, he challenges Heathcliff to a fight in the vacant lot on Elm Street and guess who wins? Who else, Heathcliff!

Heathcliff hears Iggy saying how wonderful it is to have a pet, and decides he should have a pet too. He tries out Spike and Mungo, but they do not make good pets at all. He frees a live lobster from the fish store which makes a great pet until the lobster begs to go home to the ocean and Heathcliff generously complies.

Grandpa takes Iggy to the country club where Grandma challenges Grandpa to a game. Meanwhile, Heathcliffs quarrel with the mice causes chaos in the dining room.

The Nutmegs decide to have a family portrait taken - including Heathcliff. Every time the photographer tells the group to "say cheese," mice appear and Heathcliff dashes to catch them, leaving the studio a shambles in his wake.

During an afternoon of deep-sea fishing, Heathcliff and the Nutmegs land their boat on a small island for a picnic and soon learn the island is inhabited by a tribe of wild cats called Meow Meows. These savages capture the Nutmegs, but Heathcliff cleverly rescues them from being sacrificed in a native ritual.

Heathcliff becomes curious about his lineage and dreams about what his ancestors might have been like. We follow the escapades of historical Heathcliff in the Wild West, merry old England, and ancient Rome until Iggy calls to his cat and wakes him up.

When Heathcliff tries to follow Iggy to a Boy Scout camp, the scout master forbids it, saying, "A common house cat could never survive in the wild." This infuriates Iggys pet, who sneaks along anyway just to prove the scout master wrong. Even though Heathcliff gets into all kinds of mischief in the wilderness, he leads the group to safety when they get lost in the woods, so he becomes the first cat ever to be named "Scout of the Year!"

After discovering several empty cat food cans in the Nutmeg pantry, Heathcliff decides to go to the cat food cannery to complain. There he defeats a vicious guard dog in battle, and manages to get himself appointed cannery guard by the foreman! The new station is short-lived, however, when what begins as a picnic with the Catillac Cats in the factory turns into a free-for-all, and the old guard dog returns to seek his revenge.

Heathcliff accidentally solves a Rubiks cube-type puzzle, so Iggy decides his cat must be a genius and submits him to a scientist for laboratory testing. Heathcliff doesnt blend well with the other animals, and in no time has managed to cause countless squabbles and sabotage all the lab tests.

Much to his dismay, Iggy and Marcy enter Heathcliff in a show against pedigree cats. He uses his less-than-scrupulous best to win the show and impress Sonja.

Heathcliff is trying to sleep in a vacant lot when he is disturbed by a noisy construction crew. To revenge his loss of sleep, Heathcliff single-handedly destroys the new structure and hides all of the workers tools.

Iggy goes into a hospital to have his tonsils removed, and Heathcliff goes along - even though no pets were allowed. Heathcliff terrorizes the hospital in a very short time, and even gives a lecture posing as a visiting doctor.

Iggy and Marcy take Heathcliff along shopping for an anniversary gift for Grandma and Grandpa Nutmeg. Heathcliff seizes every opportunity to cause mayhem in the department store, and even tries to swipe a rhinestone collar for Sonja to replace the one shes recently lost. On the way home, Heathcliff finds Sonjas lost collar in the grass, which makes him a hero.

While on a camping trip with the Nutmegs, Heathcliff gets himself covered in feathers and sardine oil. A mountain lion and an eagle mistake Heathcliff for a bird, and fight over him. Eventually he escapes and returns safely home.

Heathcliff sneaks into the Van Corkingdale mansion to challenge Bruno, their ferocious guard dog, and determine who the real king of the neighborhood is. Inside, Heathcliff defeats Bruno, allowing burglars to raid the house! Later, when the some crooks attempt to burgle the Nutmeg home, Heathcliff traps them for the police, and returns all the previously stolen goods to the mansion.

The Nutmegs are snowed in and Heathcliff has cabin fever. He accidentally locks himself out in the snow, and while outside, helps police apprehend the dangerous Ski-Mask Fugitive.

Heathcliff learns that playing Momma Cat is no easy task after he is adopted by a tiny kitten lost from her mother. Heathcliff teaches the little girl all about life as they roam the streets together in search of the missing mom, and they soon become fast friends. Heathcliffs big responsibility ends when at last the mother and kitten are reunited, but a touching moment at the end reveals that Heathcliff is really going to miss the little thing.

When the local policeman warns Heathcliff that any more of his pranks will land him in jail for life, our little monster decides hed better reform. And when a new cat gang moves into town to terrorize the neighborhood, Heathcliff is forced to stand passively by and let them take over his territory. But it isnt long before the policeman is back knocking on Heathcliffs door; only this time hes come to ask Heathcliffs help. Heathcliff can do anything he wants, just as long as he runs those nasty new cats out of Westfinster! Things return to normal in no time as Heathcliff shows the punks whos really the boss!

Heathcliff accompanies the Nutmegs to the lake Plastered ski resort where he immediately has a tumble with Alpine, the resident St. Bernard. The ensuing fight takes us throughout the ski lodge and onto the slopes; from hot tub to snowmobile before Heathcliff proves himself the better beast.

A big, muscle-bound cat named Pecs tries to take Sonja away from Heathcliff, so he starts working out in order to beat Pecs at his own weightlifting game. Unfortunately, the manager of the gym is in cahoots with Pecs, and throws Heathcliff every possible curve. Heathcliff catches on, and throws the curves right back. Sonja is his in the end.

A mild-mannered cat named Henry -- who looks exactly like Heathcliff -- wanders into the neighborhood. When Spike thinks he has beaten up Heathcliff, Heathcliff catches on and joins forces with Henry to make Spike look like a fool.

Marcy gets a new cat, Tammy, who challenges Heathcliffs position as top cat in the neighborhood. Its a terrible blow to Heathcliffs ego to have a female cat take over, but neither he nor the alley cats can defeat this lady. Sonja knows how to handle Tammy, however, and puts Heathcliff back in charge.

Heathcliff and Sonja go to the circus to see Heathcliffs cousin, Rollo the cat-clown. Rollo is troubled because the wild circus animals have become tame, the trapeze artists are afraid of heights, etc. Our hero discovers a plot by a rival circus, and with the help of the Catillac Cats, he fails the evil plan.

Sonja tells Heathcliff he needs to lose a little weight, so he goes on to crash diet with the help of the Alley Cats. Every time Heathcliff weakens and tries to eat something, Mungo or Hector snatch the food away. When Heathcliff is finally able to tell Sonja he has lost ten pounds, she admits hell love him at any weight, so our hero instantly returns to his former gluttonous ways.

Heathcliff suffers a nasty bang on the head, which renders the "Devil Cat" side of his personality stunned and permits the "Angel Cat" side to take over. Suddenly Heathcliff is good as gold and begins performing numerous acts of kindness toward Spike. Spike is confused, but certainly willing to take advantage of the situation. He even puts on a show for the other animals to demonstrate his new ability to make Heathcliff do his bidding. However, when the "Devil Cat" recovers, Heathcliff puts Spike back in his place posthaste.